Floor-tile



- J. SIEBEL.

FLOOR TILE.

(No Model.)

Patented Feb.

.UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN SIEBEL, 0F OSKALOOSA, IOWA.

FLOOR-TILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,396, dated February 28, 1882.

Application filed October 5, 1881. (No model.)

ive appearance of the complete tile. The- Be it known that 1, JOHN SIEBEL, ofOskaedges ofthe blocks D and of the inner sides loosa, in the county of Mahaska and State of of the frame are provided with horizontal in- Iowa, have invented certain new and useful I cisions or kcrfs to accommodate strips S, of

To all whom it may concern:

Improvements in Floor-Tiles; and I do heresheet metal or other suitable material, which shall serve to unite the blocks firmly to prewill enable others skilled in the art to w tab it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure l is a plan view of one ot'my improved floor-tiles. Fig. 2 isa horizontal sectional view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a. vertical transverse sectional view.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like letters of reference.

This invention relates to wooden tiles for flooring purposes; and it consists in certain making a durable and attractive article.

I The strips S, it will be observed, also serve to hold or bind the blocks D in the lrame, from which, when said frame has been joined, they cannot be removed.

By this invention handsome and valuable flooring-tiles inay be produced from material which would otherwise have but little commercial value, and this at an insignificantcost.

I am aware of the patent to Siemroth, September 10, 1878, which shows center and border tiles having kert'ed edges to' receive the metallic strips or staples. This construction I do not claim; but,

Having thus described myinvention, I'claim and desire to secure by Letters Parent of the United States- As an article of man nfacturc, a floor tile consisting of a number of blocks, D,'arranged within a frame, A, the edges of said blocks and the inner edges of the ends and sides of said'frame being provided with recesses or kert's K for the sheet-metal strips S, which serve to make tightjoints and also to secure the blocks in the frame, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto aflixed my signature in presence oftwo witnesses.

JOHN SIEBEL.

blocks, as-will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings hereto annexed, A repre sents a rectangular frame consisting of sides B B and ends 0 G, which latter are notched into the side pieces, as shown.

D D are square wooden blocks or tiles, of

tercaseafin'e effect in coloring may be produced; but in any case the grain of each individual block must be at an angle to that of the block or tile next adjoining, for the obvious reasons of preventing warping, increasing the durability, and promoting the handsome and attract- Witnesses:

G. H. BAUGH, H. S. HOWARD.

{which I vent the passage of moisture and to assist in connectingstrips, and secured to the floor by 

